Thanks bogieboy.
A couple of questions. First is it worth redoing the valve adjustment before pulling it apart? I can do the valve adjustment and be at top dead center by putting something in the cylinder and checking the marks on page 11 of this document. I can't see the parks on page 10 of the document without pulling it apart.
http://www.chinesescooterreference.c...Adjustment.pdf
Does the fact that the compression is the same dry and with ATF tell us something?
Is there anything else I can try before I pull it apart?